TORBAY, (Devon) 12 m. N. from Dartmouth, is a village with a bay in the British-Channel, about 12 m. in com. where was the
general station of our fleets during K. Will's. war with France. It gave title of baron to admiral Herbert, when he was
created E. of Torrington by K. Will. who, when Pr. of Orange, landed here on the 5th of Nov. 1688, from the fleet which
brought him from Holland under that admiral's command. A S. or S. E. wind sometimes forces ships to put out from hence to
sea, or to run into Dartmouth. The village was anciently the seat of the Bruers, and afterwards of the Wakes. Mary-Ch.
here is reckoned the first built in the Co. Near this bay is a remarkable well, that ebbs and flows 5 or 6 inches every
hour, tho' it seems to have no communication with the sea; nor is the water brackish, but clear as chrystal; and tho' cold
in summer, never freezes in the winter. The neighbours reckon it medicinal in some fevers.